August 17, 2015 - On Sunday, Britain’s Paul Bonhomme final run
was flawless and he stopped the clock in
1.06.416 seconds. Australia’s Matt Hall took second
place in a time of 1:09.024 while Yoshihide
Muroya got his first podium of the season with
third.

Bonhomme wins Ascot
with 3rd win of season, Hall takes 2nd Bonhomme
was crowned the winner of the Red Bull Air Race
World Championship stop at the famous Ascot
Racecourse on Sunday. Flying brilliantly under
pressure in the world's fastest motorsport
series. The victory was Bonhomme’s third this
season and second straight win at Ascot to the delight of more than 40,000 spectators.

With the hard-fought victory in the Final Four,
Bonhomme picked up 12 points to widen his lead
at the top of the Red Bull Air Race Championship
to eight points (46) ahead of Hall (38 points)
in second going into the final three races.
Reigning Red Bull Air Race World Champion Nigel
Lamb of
Britain, who
last year finished second at the race over the
historic Ascot Racecourse, finished back in 5th
place, a result that destroyed his chances of
defending his title.

"It was a hard day at the office but today was
great fun – I enjoyed that ," said Bonhomme
after hitting speeds of near 370 km/h on the
track that featured a static start in front of
the majestic grandstands and a challenging
course made up of 12 Air Gates standing 25
meters high on the infield of the track. "All I
can say is this was due to teamwork, teamwork,
teamwork. I’m only the driver. I just point the
plane in the right direction."

It was the second time the Red Bull Air Race was
staged in Ascot, just west of
London, that has quickly
become one of the most attractive air race
locations in the world and a favorite of the
pilots who relish taking off and landing on the
grassy strip in front of the big crowd.

Austria's
Hannes Arch, who struggled in the training
session and was last in Qualifying on Saturday,
finished a disappointing eighth after winning
the last two races in
Budapest
and
Rovinj, Croatia. Arch had a great run in the
Round of 12, just beating Bonhomme. But Bonhomme
was the “fastest loser” and advanced to the
Round of 8. But Arch was unable to get his
engine started before the Round of 8 and was
forced to retire. “It’s frustrating if you can’t
race but that’s life,” said Arch, who slipped to
third overall with 30 points.

In
the Red Bull Air Race, which is the official world
championship of the Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale (FAI), the world's top pilots hit speeds
of 370 km/h while enduring forces of up to 10G as they
navigate as precisely as possible through a low-level
slalom track marked by 25-metre high air-filled pylons.

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship moves to its
next stop to
Spielberg, Austria on September 5-6.